New Tricks - Season 2

Like a fine wine, these cops just get better with age. Try telling this lot they're too old for the job. Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong), Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman), Jack Halford (James Bolam) and their bullish boss Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) have not given up on the old cases they are involved in nor on their abilities to solve them yet. Mixing

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Overview

Like a fine wine, these cops just get better with age. Try telling this lot they're too old for the job. Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong), Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman), Jack Halford (James Bolam) and their bullish boss Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) have not given up on the old cases they are involved in nor on their abilities to solve them yet. Mixing nose-to-the-ground, old-school detective work with a fresh take on troublesome cases, the veterans investigate a range of unsolved crimes from the apparently racially motivated attack on a young Asian bride, to the mystery of the unidentified torso found in a forest populated by wild boars. Will they succeed where others have failed? Or will the burden of all the years begin to weigh down on them? The eight episodes of Season 2 originally aired in 2005 on Britain's BBC1 channel.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

My Dad had told me about this great British mystery, and boy was he right. This show has a really strong cast, and they have a great chemistry together. The mysteries are compelling and there are a lot of laughs involved. I love the three returning detectives as well as their fiery female boss. It was fun to watch the back stories from series one continue and expand through series 2. You have to love it when these guys use old school detective work and memories from the time along with new science to solve the cold cases they have been assigned. I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys a good British mystery and a laugh.

bobsmithuk

More than 1 year ago

New Tricks Season Two
Can't wait for season 3 to be released.
I'm an Expat Brit who's lived in the US for the last 11 years. This is a wonderful BBC drama, comedy, who-dun-it. It's nice to know the Beeb can still turn them out.
Three ex coppers, retired, are brought back to a special unit bossed by a feisty lady copper who has been given this shower as punishment for not being quite politically correct.
The characters are real, not Hugh Grant, George Clooney clones. They have wrinkles, bad teeth, (very English I know) and fascinating histories that are gradually revealed as the series progresses. 3 ex wives who enjoy being with their ex. sergeant Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman). Who also sings the very catchy theme tune, as he has done in nearly all his series. The grieving widower who talks to his wife's grave in his back garden/yard, Jack Harford, (James Bolan). Obsessive/compulsive photographic memory ex. inspector, Brian Lane, (Alun Armstrong). And of course, the boss/gaffer disgraced detective, (she shot a dog by mistake) unforgivable in England, Sandra Pullman, (Amanda Redman).
These people are so believable, particularly if you happen to know some older Brits. We weren't always the most politically correct nation on Earth. Best just to sit back and enjoy some wonderful acting, stories, drama and the fairly frequent good old belly laugh. You won't be disappointed.

bookloverPH

More than 1 year ago

This is an excellent BBC series. After the first episode you will be hooked. The actors look and act like real people; i.e., no botox, plastic surgery, etc.